what do you think sherlock

Chapter 67 The Story of the Crown and Sherlock's True Name Words
"This is a very old story, so old that at the beginning of this story, it didn't even have anything to do with the crown."

Richard cleared his throat, and slowly told a somewhat distant story while everyone was watching:

"About 700 years ago in Sinhala, a miner got a top ruby ​​in the mine. Everyone was fascinated by it, so this moving gem was soon sent to the king's court.

"The king is different from the common people. Although he was also fascinated by the beauty of this gemstone, he discovered that there is something more moving than beauty contained in this gemstone. It is a powerful and extraordinary power—when he When wearing this gem and appearing on the battlefield, his soldiers will become extremely brave, so the king gave this gem a special name called 'Brave Heart'.

"The king inlaid this jewel on his crown and named the crown the Crown of Courage - Dihalya. He believed and hoped that whenever he appeared on the battlefield wearing this crown, his The army will be invincible.

"After a few years, the kingdom was invaded by its northern neighbors, so the king took his beloved crown to the battlefield, but when the king led thousands of troops to the front line, the king flinched, and he The retreat caused the army to suffer a major defeat. Only then did the king realize that the crown of courage can make everyone brave, except himself as the wearer.

"However, the king's awakening came too late, and finally he died on the battlefield wearing this beloved crown. Later, the crown was taken by the neighboring army in the north as a spoil for their king. Centuries later, their king gave this crown as a gift to our majesty."

"The interesting thing is that in the past few hundred years, this crown has appeared on the battlefield countless times. However, it has the power to bring courage to people, but it has never really influenced a war. Eventually go.

"Like an ancient curse, the crown can bring courage to anyone but its wearer. It seems to say that only the true brave can wear this crown; but fate gives all I made a joke, the owner of this crown has never been a real brave man."

Richard finished his story with a smile.

"It's very exciting," Di Renjie clapped his hands and praised.

"But I still have a question," Patrick, who was fascinated by the story, asked Richard, "According to your story, the owner of this crown has never been a real brave man, so why does Her Majesty accept this crown? Even recasting it as his own crown? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Richard smiled when he heard the words, and said in a playful tone:

"No, there is nothing inappropriate, Mr. Patrick. In fact, everyone in the empire believes that Her Majesty the Empress is the most suitable person in this world for the 'Crown of Courage'."

"Why is that?" Patrick's eyes became even more puzzled.

"Because Her Majesty Victoria is the Emperor of the British Empire." Richard said meaningfully.

But as a Spaniard, Patrick still looked puzzled, unable to figure out what kind of riddle Richard was playing.

"Simply put," Angelina saw Patrick's confusion, and explained kindly:

"As the emperor of the British Empire, Her Majesty Victoria, she doesn't need courage, and she can still rule the world."

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It was the familiar khaki soul room again, but this time, the figure standing in the room was Sherlock's conscious body.

He looked around this space with some curiosity, his eyes kept turning, his hands and feet were no less impressive, he was beating everywhere, as if he could understand the essence of the soul room in this way.

After a while, after completely satisfying his curiosity, or after realizing that he was really helpless with this space, Sherlock walked to the soul wall as if he finally remembered what he should do.

He stretched out his finger and tapped on the wall, but the wall did not automatically appear the words of blessing like Di Renjie did back then.

Of course, Di Renjie didn't talk about this matter with Sherlock, so Sherlock's mentality didn't change at the moment.

In addition, His Excellency Francis is indeed a good teacher, and he is not in a hurry like Charles was at that time. In the past period of getting along and "quarreling", he told Sherlock in enough detail about a series of ideas for building the words of the real name and taboo.

This made Sherlock almost confident at this time, so he engraved three sentences on the wall without hesitation:

"The Founder of the Memory Palace"

"A Practitioner of Deductive Reasoning"

"A fan of the detective act"

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Di Renjie sat on the return carriage, still thinking about the story about the crown in his mind.

I have to say that this meaningful story inspired him a lot.

[A crown that can bring courage to others. 】

[What can courage do? 】

He always felt that he seemed to have captured some key clues in the dark, but when he looked closely, it was like seeing flowers in a fog, and he couldn't see the true face of the answer.

After all, courage is simple to say, but in execution, it can do too many things.

That makes that answer confusing.

【what is it? 】

He was pondering, and unknowingly got out of the carriage, like sleepwalking, took out the key from his pocket to open the door, and then closed the door to go in. The soles of his shoes made a "tapping" sound on the wooden stairs.

He opened the door, and the apartment at 221B Baker Street was pitch black. Only through the moonlight that entered through the window, one could vaguely see a dark figure on the central seat in the living room, as if waiting for him to step on the door. enter.

Di Renjie woke up instantly, so he suddenly...

"Click," the gas switch was turned on.

"Sherlock, what are you doing?"

The gas lamp was on, and Di Renjie looked at Sherlock who was sitting silently in the middle of the living room, a little speechless.

Faced with Di Renjie's questioning, Sherlock remained silent. He rubbed the tip of his nose with his hands, as if he was thinking about something important.

"What new clues did you discover? Or did you encounter any difficulties?"

Di Renjie asked with concern:

"Or, did you fail in promotion?"

Sherlock slowly put down his hand, did not look at Di Renjie, but looked ahead, and said in a complicated tone:

"Neither, John, in fact I was promoted very well, but..."

But as soon as the words came out, Di Renjie, who was already familiar with Sherlock's character, was not only not nervous, but relaxed.

He even guessed a little bit of what Sherlock was thinking, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

But he is still willing to play with Sherlock:
"But what's the matter, Sherlock?"

Sherlock said in a regretful tone:
"But my promotion went too smoothly. I successfully engraved three words of my real name in one go. John, this makes me wonder how to face you. Do you think this will bring you pressure?"

"Oh my God, Sherlock," Di Renjie pretended to be shocked, turned around and walked towards his room, as if he didn't want to see the complacent Sherlock, which made Sherlock's face show a trace of triumphant smile.

"You managed to engrave three words of your real name in one night!" Di Renjie walked to the door of his room, opened the door, and then turned to look at Sherlock and said.

"Yes, John, although this is cruel, it is true." Sherlock said happy words in a regretful tone.

"Oh," Di Renjie slowly closed the door, as if he was sighing, but at the last moment when the door was about to close, his voice came out leisurely:
"But what to do, Sherlock, I'm already at the second level."

The expression on Di Renjie's face changed rapidly, revealing a sly smile:
"It didn't take me a month, and I was promoted to the second rank. Hey, Sherlock, do you think this will bring you pressure?"

　The three words of Sherlock's real name correspond to his three abilities: memory, reasoning, and acting. There is no doubt about the first two, but about the last acting, I think it may need a little explanation.

　　First of all, this skill appears many times in Conan Doyle's original work, and this skill can unify Sherlock's boxing, baton and sword skills, which is the text basis of the design;

　　Secondly, I think acting is a concept with relatively large room for expansion, which is convenient for subsequent ability promotion;

　　Finally, by playing the ability of being Sherlock, you can let him perform some disguised and latent tasks in the follow-up stories. I think it's a bit interesting~~
　　
　
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